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Florida high school senior Milan Morris turned more than a few heads when photos of her prom dress hit social media over the weekend.

Why? The 17-year-olds gown was inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and showed images of black people such as Michael Brown and Sandra Bland who were killed during encounters with police.

It really conveyed such a strong message, Morris told the Sun Sentinel after Fridays prom. For me to be in that moment, to be bold and courageous to do that, it was a blessing.

The front of Morris dress showed an image of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen who was fatally shot in 2012 during an altercation with neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman and Morris told the paper she spoke with Martins mother, Sybrina Fulton, who was touched by the gesture.

Morris posted a pair of photos of her dress on Instagram.

One was accompanied by the caption, Yes Im black. Yes Im 17. Yes GOD is using me to convey a message thats bigger than me.

Designer Terrence Torrence created the dress and told the Sun Sentinel he got the idea of a Black Lives Matter theme about a year ago. Torrence knows Morris family, and he told the paper that when he got together with her about a prom dress a few months ago, his idea came up.

She was like, Yo, lets do it, Torrence recalled to the Sun Sentinel, emphasizing that while his dress is Black Lives Matter-themed, it isnt an anti-police statement.

Its a tribute to that movement, but its All Lives Matter, because every creature, every person on this planet matters, he told the paper, adding that it was for the youth and that Morris was perfect for it.

As a star basketball player for Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach, Florida, Morris is used to headlines. She was named the Palm Beach County girls basketball player of the year by the Sun Sentinel and his heading to Boston College to play basketball and study pre-med, the paper said, adding that she wants to become an orthopedic surgeon.

While Morris told the Sun Sentinel shes taken heat for the dress by those whove called her a racist and a spotlight grabber, she said she simply wanted to highlight Black Lives Matter.

It was just really to convey the message that this needs to be addressed instead of overlooked, she told the paper.

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Black Lives Matter prom dress turning a lot of heads: 'God is using me to convey a message' - TheBlaze.com